USPS issues 6-month moratorium on post office closuresCraig Daily PressThe Maybell Post Office was recently removed from the US Postal Service's closure study, which began earlier this year by USPS officials in an effort to trim expenses and manage more than $8 billion in debt. The government organization said it …

Post office reveals abused woman's new address to former boyfriendMainichi Daily NewsFUKUOKA — A postal office here disclosed a woman's residential address without her permission to her former boyfriend who had repeatedly beat her, sources close to the case have revealed. The Sawara branch of the Japan Post Service Co. …

Naming rights to Kalona creek again up for bid on eBayDesMoinesRegister.comThe naming rights to a Kalona creek will be sold on eBay for a second time this month after it appears the initial winner attempted to dupe the city. Dan Ehl, editor of the Kalona News, said the winning bidder's …

The merchants at Westfield only want to help, but the U.S. Postal Service won’t let them. More: continued here

More Louisiana families turning to food stampsAlexandria Town TalkThe face of Louisianians on food stamps has changed and broadened with the worsened economy in a state mired in poverty and repeatedly hit by disasters. For hundreds of thousands in Louisiana this year, the cost of holiday meals will be at …

Ministry of Justice official jailed after Ebay shoe scamKingston GuardianBy David Lindsell » A Ministry of Justice official spent Christmas at Her Majesty's Pleasure after masterminding a scam selling counterfeit Lelli Kelly and Disney shoes on Ebay. Civil servant Antoine Simhani, 46, was jailed for 27 months at Kingston …and …

Fire burns Verdi Post OfficeReno Gazette-JournalInvestigators look over the scene at the rear of the Verdi Post Office the morrning of Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Photo by David B. Parker. / David B. Parker/RGJ 12:17 Update: A fire, apparently caused by vandals, roared through the US Post Office in Verdi …

Wyandotte— For Veronica Leciejewski, 80, and many like her, the weekly trip to the post office is a decades-long, enjoyable routine. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk How to dispose of your unwanted Christmas giftsTelegraph.co.ukThe ebay.co.uk site remains one of the most popular ways of doing this, although there are now a range of other online sales and auction sites. Setting up an account on eBay is fairly straightforward, with just a couple of online forms …

Postal Service opens first Village Post Office in KVLake Placid News8, Postal and local officials cut the ribbon on the first Village Post Office (VPO) in the Northeastern United States at McDonough's Valley Hardware in Keene Valley. The Postal Service's Albany District Manager, Edward F. Phelan Jr. led the grand …